First Record In Canada of Onthophilus pluricostatus LeConte (Coleoptera: ) and a New Mention for the Rare Species Lordithon niger (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Author(s): Pierre-Marc Brousseau, Dominique Gravel and I. Tanya Handa Source: The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68(2):343-344. Published By: The Coleopterists Society DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-68.2.343 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1649/0010-065X-68.2.343

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SCIENTIFIC NOTE

FIRST RECORD IN CANADA OF ONTHOPHILUS PLURICOSTATUS LECONTE (COLEOPTERA:HISTERIDAE) AND A NEW MENTION FOR THE RARE SPECIES LORDITHON NIGER (GRAVENHORST)(COLEOPTERA:STAPHYLINIDAE)

PIERRE-MARC BROUSSEAU Université du Québec à Montréal 141 Président-Kennedy Montréal, QC, H2X 1Y4, CANADA

DOMINIQUE GRAVEL Université du Québec à Rimouski 300, Allée des Ursulines Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, CANADA

AND

I. TANYA HANDA Université du Québec à Montréal 141 Président-Kennedy Montréal, QC, H2X 1Y4, CANADA

We report the first record of the species (Rawlins and Bier 1998) and Virginia (Roble 2003). Onthophilus pluricostatus LeConte (Coleoptera: The status of this species is unknown in Canada, Histeridae) in Canada, new country record,and but seems less critical. Campbell (1982) reports a new mention for the rare species Lordithon only seven records of L. niger after 1942, but four niger (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). of these were in Québec. Furthermore, Webster One specimen of O. pluricostatus was caught in et al. (2012) report four records in New Brunswick apitfalltrapinaredoak(Quercus rubra L.; between 2006–2009 and one in Québec for Saint- Fagaceae) stand in the Parc national du Mont- Raphaël in 2006. The other records of this species Saint-Bruno (N 45°33′3.5″ W 73°19′27.8″)in in Québec were for Québec City (four records) and southern Québec. The trap used a solution of West Brome (Campbell 1982). 40% ethanol and 5% vinegar as preservative and The identification of O. pluricostatus was con- was active during 1–23 August 2011. firmed by Serge Laplante from the Canadian Our record represents the northernmost known National Collection of , Arachnids and range limit for O. pluricostatus. Its previously Nematodes in Ottawa, Ontario where the voucher reported range extended northwards to Massachusetts, is kept. The specimens of L. niger were iden- with the southern limit occurring in northern Florida tified by the first author, and the voucher is and the western limit in Michigan (Bousquet and kept in the collection in the labora- Laplante 2006). Although the species has not tory of I. Tanya Handa at the Université du Québec been reported from Ontario, a specimen reported àMontréal. from Detroit, Michigan indicates it may be found in that province (Helava 1978; Bousquet and REFERENCES CITED Laplante 2006). Two specimens of L. niger were observed Bousquet, Y., and S. Laplante. 2006. The Insects together (one collected) under the bark of a mid- and Arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera fallen dead deciduous tree (most likely sugar Histeridae. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada. Campbell, J. M. 1982. A revision of the genus Lordithon maple (Acer saccharum Marshall; Aceraceae) or Thomson of North and Central America (Coleop- red oak) on 18 May 2013, also in the Parc national tera: Staphylinidae). Memoirs of the Entomologi- du Mont-Saint-Bruno. The species is considered cal Society of Canada, No. 119: 1–116. potentially endangered in New England (McCollough Helava, J. V. T. 1978. A revision of the Nearctic spe- 1997), and potentially extirpated in Pennsylvania cies of the genus Onthophilus Leach (Coleoptera:

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